Emperor Zhao Qing had fallen ill overnight.
The news of the escape of the Jiang Family mother and daughter had reached the palace. Emperor Zhao Qing was furious and executed the secret agents on duty on the spot. The Yulin Royal Guards sealed off Dongjing Wang Fu at night and captured dozens of Jiang Family servants. They were all thrown into the death prison for interrogation.
The Great Advisor was urgently summoned. Prime Minister Yin, Prime Minister Xue, Prince Xiang and the other important officials entered the palace and held a secret meeting in Tai An Hall. At the fourth watch, six secret edicts were sent out of the palace.
Until the early hours of the morning, the officials all left the palace. The Great Advisor was the last to leave. Emperor Zhao Qing had been furious and had an unbearable headache. He summoned a taiyi to take a look. He brewed a medicinal soup and drank it before falling asleep. Who would have thought that he would sleep until noon. When he woke up, he kept vomiting. He had a fever and was delirious.
Ying Jiu Ping hurriedly sent someone to Perching Tree Palace to invite the Empress to make a decision. He summoned the taiyi for a consultation. They did all they could but were unable to alleviate the Emperor's illness.
Empress Rui showed her authority at this time. She first ordered for the mouth to be sealed and the people of Tai An Hall to enter and leave. She imprisoned the Imperial Hospital. She captured taiyi Feng who had prescribed medicine for Emperor Zhao Qing last night and handed him over to Ying Jiu Ping for interrogation. Then she used the name of Emperor Zhao Qing to summon the Great Advisor to the palace. As for Prime Minister Yin and Prime Minister Xue, she didn't tell them. However, she secretly sent a message to the Zhong Yong Count's fu.
This was different from the last time when Emperor Zhao Qing had fainted from anger. This time, Empress Rui's intuition told her — — the chance she had waited for so many years had finally come.
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Zhu Muzhao silently retreated from the side of the bedroom. Turning around, he saw the Empress sitting under the window.
"When His Majesty woke up in the afternoon, his illness flared up. The Imperial Physician Academy was at a loss as to what to do. Only your highly-skilled doctor was brave enough to prescribe a prescription. After His Majesty took it, his vomiting stopped, but he was still delirious and unconscious. Ben gong set up a ban in the palace. I don't know what to do. The only way is to invite the Great Advisor into the palace to discuss. "Empress Rui's voice was worried but her brows were calm and there was no panic.
Zhu Muzhao's gaze paused on her face for a few breaths. He lowered his eyes and said: "In everything, the Emperor's health comes first. My son is not talented but he is skilled in medicine. Let him stay in the palace to take care of medicine until the Emperor recovers."
Rui Empress wasn't satisfied with his answer and probed again: "You and your son are loyal. That's why ben gong will discuss with the Chief Supervisor. The Holy Majesty is bedridden and needs to rest. But the end of the year is near and there are many matters at court. Someone has to come out to manage the situation and share the burden. Does the Chief Supervisor have a suitable candidate in mind?"
Emperor was ill. Rui Empress didn't summon anyone and summoned. She summoned Rui. Qing Emperor didn't have. Emperor Emperor was. Qing Emperor was Emperor. Emperor was that he was Emperor.
As a childless empress, there was no one more worthy of winning over than an official who was not involved in the back palace and held great power. Rather than wait until Emperor Zhao Qing was beyond cure and a few adult princes jumped out to give orders, she had to strike first to gain the upper hand and control the situation.
Everyone knew that the Great Advisor was Emperor Zhao Qing's most trusted person and the most loyal person. But Empress Rui didn't think so. A new emperor, a new official. The Great Advisor could only serve one emperor. Before the old emperor passed on the throne, he had to choose the next head of the Celestial Commissioner. She didn't believe that Zhu Muzhao would be willing to give up this position of being below one and above tens of thousands.
"Empress, please do not worry about this. The Emperor has already ordered this subject."
Empress Rui was startled and blurted out: "What decree?"
"The Emperor ordered this subject that if anything happens, His Highness Ning Wang will temporarily oversee the country."
Zhu Muzhao's one sentence caused Empress Rui's efforts to fail. Her brow furrowed, her voice cold. She immediately questioned him: "When did the Emperor give such a decree? Do you have an Imperial Decree in your hands?"
Zhu Muzhao was calm and composed: "It is only a verbal edict, not an imperial edict. However, the ones who received the edict with this official are Prime Minister Yin and Duke Jing. If Empress does not believe it, you can summon the two of them into the palace to clarify."
Empress Rui gritted her teeth. Of course she didn't want to believe it! Yin Tianhou was Ning Wang, Liu Hao's maternal grandfather, and Duke Jing was Zhu Muzhao's wife's uncle. As long as the three of them spoke in unison, Ning Wang becoming the regent of the country was a sure thing.
Damn it, she didn't know when Zhu Muzhao had boarded Ning Wang's pirate ship.
"No need, ben gong believes that you will not pass a fake Imperial Decree," Empress Rui said in a deep voice: "The position of supervising the country is not a small matter. It is best if the Emperor personally announces it when he wakes up. Ben gong does not want you to act on your own."
Zhu Muzhao nodded and said: "Niangniang, do not worry. We have to wait for three days. If the Emperor doesn't wake up, then this subject will announce the decree. Niangniang will have to manage everything in the palace. "
Empress Rui's fingers dug into her flesh. She knew that she couldn't force the other. In other words, after three days, even if the Emperor didn't wake up, they would announce that Ning Wang was supervising the country.
"There is no need to say more, ben gong knows what to do." At this time, her heart was in a mess. She didn't have the strength to argue with Zhu Muzhao. With a cold expression, she invited him to leave the palace.
Once Zhu Muzhao left, she hurried back to Phoenix Perching Palace. She called her trusted palace maid to dictate to her and had her go to the Count Fu to pass on a message to tell Count Zhong Yong about Ning Wang supervising the country and for him to prepare early. It would be best if he could stop it. If he couldn't, then leak the news to the Xue family.
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Zhu Muzhao once again returned to Tai Xi Tower. After meditating for an hour, he sent someone to find Jing Chen. It was already evening. Jing Chen hurried over from the Princess Fu. The tower was brightly lit, the reflections of the stars in the Jade Pool. Zhu Muzhao stood at the head of the Nine Turns Bridge, wearing a splendid sun scarf and a crane cloak. He looked like a star lord descending to the mortal world.
Jing Chen's footsteps unconsciously lightened. When he came close, he called out: "Shibo."
Zhu Muzhao was deep in thought when he turned to look at him. He gave a strange sigh and said: "It's time to break my fate for you."
Jing Chen was shocked and hurriedly asked: "Why is this? Didn't you agree to wait for me to succeed?"
In May, during the ancestral worship at the Imperial Mausoleum, it was confirmed that the person who broke the fate was Yu Shu. According to the Great Suggestion, the person who broke the fate was a woman. The Great Calamity and the person who broke the fate needed to marry and have children before the fate could be broken. Yu Shu had fallen out with Jing Chen because of this. In order to stall for time, Jing Chen gave the Great Suggestion an excuse that he was unwilling to force Yu Shu and obtained Emperor Zhao Qing's approval.
A while ago, he had said in private to Yu Shu that the Emperor might not be able to wait, but he did not expect this day to come so suddenly.
"We can't wait until then." Zhu Muzhao tilted his head to look at the pool of starlight and murmured: "War is about to break out, coinciding with His Majesty's serious illness and the first signs of disaster. If we do not break the fate as soon as possible, our dynasty will be in danger, the world will be in danger."
Jing Chen was shocked: "His Majesty's serious illness?"
"Last night, Wei Guo Furen escaped out of Jing and disappeared without a trace. His Majesty was so angry that he fell ill that night. The taiyi could not find the cause of the illness and had no way to treat it. They could only stabilize his condition." Zhu Muzhao told him truthfully.
Jing Chen said without thinking: "I want to enter the palace to see the Emperor."
Zhu Muzhao shook his head and said: "The Empress has set up a ban in the palace. Before the Emperor wakes up, she will not let anyone enter or leave Tai An Hall." He was very clear of Empress Rui's ambitions. If she didn't have thoughts of roping him in, she wouldn't have let him enter the palace to visit the Emperor so easily.
Jing Chen's expression darkened slightly. He knew the severity of the situation.
"Love is a small matter, how can it compare to the righteousness of the country?" Zhu Muzhao saw his unwillingness and urged sincerely: "You and her are fated to be husband and wife. This is the will of the heavens. What are you hesitating for? Are you afraid that she won't marry you? You don't have to worry about this. As long as you nod, she can only marry you. "
The last sentence was very forceful. Jing Chen couldn't help but ask in response: "What if I'm not willing?"
Zhu Muzhao once again turned his head to look at the pond. He didn't look at him but his expression became cold: "If you are not willing, then there is no need for her, a person who destroys fate, to exist. There is one thing I haven't told you. It's good to let you know now."
Having never seen him speak so coldly, Jing Chen's heart felt cold. He felt that what he was going to say next would once again topple everything he knew. He didn't want to hear it but he had to hear it.
"You also know that if the person who destroys fate is male, they will be destroyed if they are killed. If they are female, they don't have to die. In reality, this saying isn't accurate. Because the [Xuan Nu Liu Ren Book] says that people who destroy fate are often born together, one male and one female. If you find a male, you will get rid of him. If you find a female, you will get rid of him through marriage. If you are not willing to marry her, then you can only kill her. Then come with me to the Imperial Tomb to see the Yellow Springs. You will see another person who destroys fate. "
Jing Chen turned pale with fright. So there are two people who destroy fate!?
Zhu Muzhao didn't care about his ugly expression and continued, "You and Yu Shu were destined to meet, so the first person you saw in the Pond of the Underworld was her. You haven't seen the other person, but it doesn't matter. When you look at the water of the Underworld, you will know."
"You lied to me." Jing Chen said in disbelief: "Master told me that there is only one person who destroys fate in this world who can destroy my fate. Before I left the mountain, master did not hesitate to break into the forbidden area and used the sect-guarding Tian Xuan Formation to make a divination for me. He calculated that the person who destroys my fate is in Yiyang City. It was there that I met Yu Shu, not the other person you said."
Zhu Muzhao smiled lightly and said with indescribable sarcasm: "The [Xuan Nu Liu Ren Book] is closely related to the Dragon Vein of our dynasty. Longhu Mountain is just a sect. What right does it have to know about this secret? Your master Taoist Huaixian is indeed brilliant, but he can't know everything in the world."
Jing Chen actually had no words to refute. Among the elders of the sect, no one had seen the [Xuan Nu Liu Ren Book] with their own eyes. Even he himself had only heard of it. How could he judge whether it was true or not?
"Think carefully. If you don't marry her, you will be harming her."
Jing Chen lowered his head to calm the anger in his heart. After a moment, he said coldly: "I will not harm her, and I will not allow others to harm her."
Zhu Muzhao was still looking at the water, and his attitude was unyielding: "At the latest half a month, your marriage must be decided. You can inform her in advance, but don't let her try to protest. Otherwise, she will die. I am not trying to scare you. "
Jing Chen looked at him fiercely. In the end, he did not say anything and turned to leave.
Zhu Muzhao slowly turned his head and watched him walk down the Nine Zigzag Bridge. He was lost in thought as he looked in the direction Yun Mu Feng left. He said to himself in a low voice, "Yun Mu Feng, your two sons are just like you.
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